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νᾱός

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: νᾱός νᾱοῦ

Structure: νᾱ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: nai/w

Sense

  1. a temple
  2. innermost part of a temple, sanctuary, the part of the temple considered most pure and holy

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ τεσσαράκοντα πήχεων ἦν ὁ ναὸσ (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 6:17)
  • καὶ ὅσοι ηὔξαντο εὐχὴν τῷ Θεῷ, ἀπὸ τῆσ νουμηνίασ τοῦ ἑβδόμου μηνὸσ ἤρξαντο προσφέρειν θυσίασ τῷ Θεῷ, καὶ ὁ ναὸσ τοῦ Θεοῦ οὔπω ᾠκοδόμητο. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 5:52)
  • καὶ ὅτε ἤμην ἐν τῇ χώρᾳ μου ἐν τῇ γῇ Ἰσραὴλ νεωτέρου μου ὄντοσ, πᾶσα φυλὴ τοῦ Νεφθαλὶμ τοῦ πατρόσ μου ἀπέστη ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴκου Ἱερουσολύμων, τῆσ ἐκλεγείσησ ἀπὸ πασῶν τῶν φυλῶν Ἰσραὴλ εἰσ τὸ θυσιάζειν πάσασ τὰσ φυλάσ. καὶ ἡγιάσθη ὁ ναὸσ τῆσ κατασκηνώσεωσ τοῦ Ὑψίστου καὶ ᾠκοδομήθη εἰσ πάσασ τὰσ γενεὰσ τοῦ αἰῶνοσ. (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 1:4)
  • ὅτε δὲ ἀπέστησαν ἀπὸ τῆσ ὁδοῦ, ἧσ διέθετο αὐτοῖσ, ἐξωλοθρεύθησαν ἐν πολλοῖσ πολέμοισ ἐπὶ πολὺ σφόδρα καὶ ᾐχμαλωτεύθησαν εἰσ γῆν οὐκ ἰδίαν, καὶ ὁ ναὸσ τοῦ Θεοῦ αὐτῶν ἐγενήθη εἰσ ἔδαφοσ, καὶ οἱ πόλεισ αὐτῶν ἐκρατήθησαν ὑπὸ τῶν ὑπεναντίων. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 5:18)
  • ἐγένετο ὁ ναὸσ αὐτῆσ ὡσ ἀνὴρ ἄδοξοσ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 2:8)

Synonyms

  1. a temple

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